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A model built on four fatty acids predicts mortality in older people.
Combining smoking, diabetes, and fatty acids led to a predictive model that was significantly more effective.
Analyzed 2,240 older people (mean age, 65 years) and monitored them for 11 years.
Smoking and diabetes was shown to decrease lifespan by 4.73 years and 3.9 years, respectively.
Fatty acids were found to predict mortality by substantial amounts.
Myristic acid, found in coconut milk, dairy, and some baked products, was shown to increase lifespan by 1.41 years per quintile.
Benehic acid, found in peanuts, macadamia nuts, and canola oil, was shown to predict mortality by .79 years per quintile.
People in the highest quintile of omega 3 (commonly found in fish) live 4.74 years longer than those in the lowest quintile.
Palmitoleic acid (found in macadamia oil) was negatively correlated with lifespan.
These are strongly correlated with one another, not independent.
Study by the Fatty Acid Research Institute published in AJCN.
